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Re: LAVH - More questions for Dr. Connerth

From: Holly (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 14 May 1998 15:00:16 -0500 (CDT)

>From what I understand, the laparoscopic part of the
surgery would be to "disconnect" the tubes, ovaries and ligaments, thus making the vaginal hysterectomy part of the surgery possible. Would the fact that I have a large fibroid uterus factor into the decision to do a LAVH instead of a plain old vaginal hyst? How big is a 8-10 week fibroid in centimeters? Thanks for the info.

At Wed, 13 May 1998, james Connerth md wrote:

>Think LAVH a good possibility!!If ovaries are to be conserved--why not a
>plain old vaginal hyst.--less OR
>time and faster recouperation?
>
>--
>j.connerth md
>
>At Wed, 13 May 1998, Holly wrote:
>>
>> I am scheduled for a LAVH next week. I've been on
>>Lupron for 3 months in an attempt to shrink my large
>>fibroid. Yesterday, I was told that it was 8-10 week
>>size and my doctor thinks a LAVH is possible. (Ovaries
>>will remain, but cervix must go to allow LAVH). If the
>>fibroid uterus can not be removed vaginally, they will
>>have to switch to the laparotomy procedure. My questions
>>are 1) How likely is it that the LAVH procedure will
>>be successful, with a fibroid this size?
>...

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